11-30-1954 MinutesVIRGINIA: At an adjourned meeting of il'
l~oard of ~upervisors of
Chesterfield County, held at
Courthou~o on November ~0,
195~, a~ ~:DO p.m.
Mr. Irvin G. l{orner, Chairman
Mr, R.J.l~ri tton
,%Ir. |{. T.Geyno
Mr. Stanley R. Hat;ue, Jr.
Dr. Robt. O. Gill
Absent:
Mr. J.P oGnnter
This day Mr. %:etherint~t~on and others from ih. %iood-D~Xl.E Subdivision came before
the {{card seokknt: Lo ascort:~lin Lbo bonntlaries of ihe Town of Chester, for the
purpose of e~tablishin{: a I)ett,~r insurance Fate for ih.ir subdivision, Upon
consideration wher()of and en motion of Mr.Goyne, seconded by
resolved ~hat the Chairman appoint a Committee ~o investigate %his mailer and
seek the lowarin{~ of rates for fire insurance in this area.
Whereupon the Chairman appoints M~. Goyne. the County Engineer, and the Executive
'}'his day the kxecul:ive Kecret~ry read for the l~oard~s h(.~aring a letter
by Mr.J.Gordon }~ennet~ approvin~ the audit of (:he Cotlnty of (~hestr~rf~eld
prepared by the A.M .Toler & 0ompany.
On motion of Df.Gill, seconded by )lr.13ritton, it is resolved that the Execuiive
~ecrelary be and he hereby is aut,horiz~d to have included extended covera~Ie
in its insurance policy covering: tho Fair {~u{ldings and ~:ara~e, said policy
b.in!,~ at presnnt with the Farmers~ Mutual Association, Inc.
'lilts day Mr. IA~iher ,]ones ~tnd .qr.Abt)ott crime i)ofor~ the l%oard concerning Lhe
matte, r of vacatin{T a road in the vicinity of l{ell Park, and the Commr~nwealth~s
\t|orney advised the l~oard that the proper sit,~natures %lad not yet been advanced
approving the closing of s~id ro~d. .it was ~:enerally afar.ed that the matter
would be deferred until much Limas all parties involved shall be approached on
the clo~ing of this road.
This day ~lr, I.Ilx, Maintenance Supervisor of th~ Hcbool I~oard, came before tile
l~oard presentinl; a resolution from the School |~oard reqnesting some aid of the
Co~lnt,y in (:h~ removal of trash and rubbish from varions schools in the C,-~unty.
On motion of ~lr. Goyne, seco.deal by Mr. }~ritton, iL is resolved that; this matter
be reft;Fred ~ack to the ~cl~ool |;card for further sttldy.
On mol ken ,~f .~lr. }torner, seconded by ])r. Gill, ii is resolved
re,~uest t.he VirKiuia l)epart~ment of }{iEhways to tncltzie tile School driveway mt
the Wint, erpock School into the Secondary Syst~m of Roads°
This day 5|r. Leo Myers came before %he Board s~yin~: that ih. fleet t)olicy for
C~)unty vehicles would expire as of the 31st day of I)ecember,195~. Upon
con.id.ration whereof and on,lotion of ~,lF.l{ritton, seconded by Mr.l[~l~oe, it is
r~solved thzxt the E~ocutiv~ Secretary seek bids for the placinlI of this insurance
policy.
This d~y ?|r. K.XI.WllkYnson came before tho l{oard requesting; the bi, st solution
to emtend[n/~ of wat,>r mains alou~.~ the l%eimont Road from the l{ra~ches Church
area to the new I~ilkknson 'l'o~race, and it wus gell{~ra].ly at|reed that tho lines
co~ld only b~ [nst,,lled under the [)resent County [)olicy of oxtettdkutr the mains.
The Ct)unly Entrineer ~tnd the Ex**cotive 5{ecretary were directed to draw up a
~]'!~L~ day the Ex~u,t[ve %ecretary Ores~l~tod ~] re,lucent from Mr. Jol'TnW. Ow~ns
3lcRae Street [n I%,)~1 Air for a v~riai{ce in tho buildin~ restrictions to allow
a ~ara~(~ to be built 10 fee{~ from hi~ side l~ne. Presented also was a
si~-~nod by Mr, %fm.H.'h~ttlo, o~vne~ of D~'o~orty immediately ad,ace, t, that he Fir.
Tnttle hud ~o o~ ~ections lo this variance. U})o~ coi~sidoF~ltion whe~e,~f and
ce ~uotiotu (~f 5Ir,'%ritl, on, soc~)ndod by ;]r.(]i].], ~t is resolved theft tho
'l'bi~ (lay i~Ir. ,]ohlT E.Ford, Jr.~ r,~quest,~,d a variance to ~]]ow a porch
enclosed in Ih,~ future, placed ]:d foot from his property line, stiid property
Upotl oorl~ideraiion wber~of and on motion of l)r.Gi].l, soc~)nded by >lr.{%rktton. it
i s re~olved th~ t t he requ(~st ed varianT]ce l)o an~i the same is hereby ~:ra~ltad
]'his day Dr, John I,o Lockett, re, quested by ~etter, a variance on Davies Read
in the Ettrick Sanitary D~strict~ to allow a heuse bo be placed 21-1/ fee~ fro~
the property line of Davies Road. Pres~eted also was a letter si~nod by
Dr. and ~rs. ]%rew~r, ownin~ the adjacee% land, offerin~ no objections to this
variamce. Upon consideration whereof andon motion of Dr, Gill, seconded by Fir.
~tritton, it is resolved t~t the reqnested variance b~ and the ~ame is hereby
This day ,~lr. $.!~. ~%raswell, pres~.nt~.d a request to construct a ~arage within 3 fee
of his property line on Pe~due Avenue, ~atoaca District, and presented also a
si~ned s~atement from ~r.Russell ~,~immons, sayin~ that the ad3aoent proper~y
owner offered no objections, Upon considerat~on whereef and on mo~ion of Mr,
~%r[tton, seconded by Mr, Hague, it is resolved that the variance be ~ranted ~o
allow Mr, }~raswe]] to construct a ~arage no ]ess ttlan ~ foe~ from his property
line. '
A brief discnssion ef {,he propos,~d new buildint.~ code was held amd it was agreed
theft this ~atter be delayed until a further meetir~,
it was generally agr~.ed on the advice of the Commonwealth's Attorney that the
firm of E.T~cker ¢~arlton did not necessarily have a contract for the druwie~
of the School }~oa~d office wintl t.o be ad(ted to the new health b%lildinc, and the
Execntive ,~ecretary is authorized to seek bids from various architects in the
On metion, the meeting is adjonr~ed until December 8, ].~5~, at 7:30 p.m.